by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Dec 28, 2015 | Interviews
Below is an extract of an interview held with the Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs Ibrahim al-Jaafari, who is also Iraq’s former Prime Minister, about the current atmosphere in Iraq. • What is going to happen after the Arab ministerial meeting, and the positive...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 20, 2015 | World
Adel Al-Jubeir Saudi Foreign Minister announced that China approved the establishment of an Islamic Military Coalition against terrorism, and expressed its willingness to cooperate. Al-Jubeir’s announcement came after a meeting with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi last...
by Najlaa Habriri | Dec 17, 2015 | Middle East
The British Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed London’s will to cooperate with the Islamic Coalition military, the formation of which was announced by Saudi Arabia. The Arab spokeswoman for theBritish Foreign Ministry, Farah Dakhlallah, told Asharq Al-Awsat: “We...
by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Dec 17, 2015 | Interviews
President of the Arab Parliament, Ahmed Al Jarwan praised the Saudi initiative to assemble an Islamic military coalition to fight terrorism. Al-Jarwan told Asharq Al-Awsat, on Wednesday, “This initiative comes at a very critical time to confront challenges and risks...
by Heba El Koudsy | Dec 16, 2015 | World
The formation of an Islamic military coalition announced by Saudi Arabia received worldwide support yesterday. The Press Secretary for the White House Josh Earnest welcomed this new bloc which consists of 34 countries and said that all efforts to confront terrorism...
